BuzzFeed, Inc. (BZFD)Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | New York, United States | NasdaqCM
0.80 USD
+0.09
(12.379%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 0.79 -0.01 (-0.009%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:34 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:10 a.m. EDT
BuzzFeed (BZFD) presents a classic 'speculative gambler's asset' with zero fundamental safety margin. With negative EPS, -73% ROE, and debts dangerously exceeding cash (171% D/E), the company is likely facing existential legal or operational crises. The only reason the stock isn't worth less is sustained short-term technical momentum (recent 40% bounce from March lows), driven entirely by call buying rather than earnings potential. The lack of a substantial put floor means any negative news will lead to a sharp decline; this is purely a momentum play, not an investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.107779 |
| MSTL | 0.230918 |
| AutoETS | 0.231353 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.234690 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 8.07 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.113 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.34 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 171.341 |
| Revenue per Share | 4.897 |
| Market Cap | 30,069,580 |
| Forward P/E | -3.99 |
| Beta | 3.44 |
| Profit Margins | -31.16% |
| Website | https://www.buzzfeed.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 1:10 a.m. EDT: Options activity is heavily skewed toward Calls, indicating speculative bullish positioning despite weak fundamentals. The primary signal is at-the-money (ATM) Call interest con A strike prices of 1.0, which acts as a 'call wall' or psychological target for speculators. Notably, there is significant Open Interest (OI) and implied volume in long-dated Jan 2027 calls at the 3.0 and 4.0 strikes, suggesting a long-term 'hope trade' narrative. Conversely, Put activity is negligible; the April 17 expiry shows zero total expired volume for puts, while deeper out-of-the-money puts in the Jan 2027 bucket only have OI at the 2.0 strike, lacking a defensive call wall. The IV skew is massive, with Put IV at 19.75% versus Call IV at 1.63%-5.0%, indicating the market is pricing in significantly higher volatility for downside protection, yet capital is not flowing there.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.50981593 |
| Address1 | 50 West 23rd Street |
| All Time High | 59.08 |
| All Time Low | 0.54 |
| Ask | 0.8259 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 242,990 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 235,053 |
| Average Volume | 235,053 |
| Average Volume10Days | 242,990 |
| Beta | 3.438 |
| Bid | 0.7491 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 1.321 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.7989 |
| Current Ratio | 0.904 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 0.8057 |
| Day Low | 0.7 |
| Debt To Equity | 171.341 |
| Display Name | BuzzFeed |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | -9,159,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.049439996 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -11.807 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.584 |
| Enterprise Value | 108,144,576 |
| Eps Forward | -0.2 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.53 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.72666 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.072239995 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.099413745 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -50.981594 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 2.68 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.8811 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.701903 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.54 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.2589 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.4794444 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.54 - 2.68 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,614,954,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 22,992,746 |
| Forward Eps | -0.2 |
| Forward P E | -3.9945 |
| Free Cashflow | -10,666,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 507 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.42110002 |
| Gross Profits | 78,015,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.19534001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.16249001 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 37,638,727 |
| Industry | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Disp | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Key | internet-content-information |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,714,953,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:4 |
| Long Business Summary | BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, distributes content across owned and operated, and third-party platforms in the United States and internationally. The company offers BuzzFeed that provides entertainment, pop culture, and the internet with articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; Tasty, a platform for food content; and HuffPost, a media platform for news, politics, opinion, entertainment, features, and lifestyle content. It also provides display, programmatic, and video advertising on its owned and operated sites and applications, as well as feature films, micro-dramas, content licensing, TV projects, and other projects. BuzzFeed, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York. |
| Long Name | BuzzFeed, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 30,069,580 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_46607363 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -57,724,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 30,073,342 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 0.712 |
| Operating Cashflow | -18,748,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.13102001 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 646 397 2039 |
| Post Market Change | -0.008899987 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -1.1140301 |
| Post Market Price | 0.79 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,465,241 |
| Previous Close | 0.7109 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.6047691 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.16230491 |
| Profit Margins | -0.31157 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.679 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.088 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 12.3787 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.8057 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.7 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.7 - 0.8057 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.712 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.7109 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.7989 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 528,005 |
| Return On Assets | -0.0433 |
| Return On Equity | -0.73024005 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.006 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.897 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 36,296,018 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0401 |
| Shares Short | 1,511,101 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,633,562 |
| Short Name | BuzzFeed, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.049000002 |
| Short Ratio | 5.58 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | BZFD |
| Target High Price | 1.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 1.0 |
| Target Median Price | 1.0 |
| Total Cash | 8,465,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.225 |
| Total Debt | 85,816,000 |
| Total Revenue | 185,266,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.53 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.333945 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.535045 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.40109974 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 528,005 |
| Website | https://www.buzzfeed.com |
| Zip | 10,010 |